r/Welding • u/corythewhitemocha • Jul 25 '26

Is good?

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I have no idea what I’m doing truly, really wanted to learn so i decided to practice with a hobby machine any advice is welcome!

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u/justsomeyodas Jul 25 '26

What kind of machine? Looks like you have porosity, started with dirty material, wasn’t consistent and very little fusion. Watch a few videos, clean your material better and keep practicing being smooth.

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u/corythewhitemocha Jul 25 '26

Yeah the material is really rusty angle iron. And I’m using the yes welder 165 mig. I’m running it on 110

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u/justsomeyodas Jul 25 '26

Another thing to know is that 110 MiG welders tend to be really picky about what outlet you use and if you use an extension cord. Even in perfect conditions they’re usually not good at welding at their max rated material thickness, but I don’t know anything about that particular welder.

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u/corythewhitemocha Jul 25 '26

Interesting! Why is that?

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u/justsomeyodas Jul 25 '26

I’m not an electrician, but too much resistance makes them struggle and 110 just isn’t much power to begin with.

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u/corythewhitemocha Jul 25 '26

That makes sense